Urban Jacksonville

Today at 11:00 a team of developers announced plans to redevelop the huge patch of downtown Jacksonville. It will include the historic Barnett Bank, the Laura Street Trio buildings and possible an entirely new building to be constructed next to the trio, seen in the rendering above.

Laura Trio on the left, Barnett Building on the right. Credit: Metro Jacksonville

MetroJacksonville had a chance to meet with a member of the design team tonight. Let me tell you – if this happens, it truly could be the project that gives the core of downtown the kick in the rear it needs. We were able to see some of the architectural renderings, and they are truly fantastic. It treats the intersection of Laura and Adams as the true center of downtown, and makes it once again, the focal point of downtown.

Jacksonville.com has the story on the website Team hopes revamped trio trumps Jacksonville’s downtown reputation and here are the main points:

The restoration would target a block of Laura Street flanked by the 18-story Barnett Bank Building and the Laura Street Trio: the two-story Marble Bank Building; 10-story Bisbee Building; and 11-story Florida Life Building.
The project would have about 120 hotel rooms and 137 apartments, plus a variety of restaurants and street-level stores.
The plan for restoring the Barnett Bank Building envisions a mix of hotel rooms and apartments. The 120 hotel rooms would be called The Bank Hotel.
Developers would build an apartment building in the same block as the Laura Street Trio. The new building would have a sleek modern style to create a desirable contrast, they said.

On June 24th Urban Jacksonville Weekly will have guest Steve Lovett, partner for Ervin Lovett Miller, a Jacksonville architectural firm working for the development team.

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Tags: Barnett Bank Building, Bisbee Building, Capital City Partners, Florida Life Building, Laura Street Trio, Linea LLC, Marble Bank Building

http://twitter.com/xGilx Gil Samson

Who is on the design team (architect, engineer)?
tom

because everything is going to be so wonderful and beautiful, i'm positive “they” will not need any taxpayer's money. that will be wonderful and unusual.
Shelley

I have been wishing for years that Klutho's Bisbee Building and the Florida Life Building would fall into capable hands for restoration. I am excited to see how these can be renovated (and preserved) for modern use. Please make Klutho proud!
http://www.urbanjacksonville.info Joey Marchy

From the TU article: Ervin Lovett Miller, a Jacksonville architectural firm working for the development team
http://www.urbanjacksonville.info Joey Marchy

Hopefully they can get by with tax credits and other incentives that does not include the City financing a large portion of it. I would expect to see some of the 3.2 million in historic preservation be set aside for this project.
http://www.theurbancore.com TheUrbanCore

June 27th is a Sunday. You gotta correct that dude. June 24 is what you mean. This is a turning point in the history of our downtown. You cannot over estimate the effect of this projects success. As I understand this aside from historic trust money (possibly) they are not asking the city for cash.
jason_contentdg

Correct, and it looks like they have done a great job with this. Love the juxtaposition with the preserved historical buildings and the new modern design.
http://www.gridsketch.com Dennis Enguerra

Revitalizing the urban core will take more than a few new buildings. It's about people living working and interacting downtown. We need to stop subsidizing suburban sprawl. Sure we should make it easy for businesses and developers to set up in Jacksonville. When downtown starts getting mixed-income residential units that includes affordable work force housing side by side with middle and upper income folks downtown will take off.
http://www.urbanjacksonville.info Joey Marchy

Agreed. Nice blog BTW. We should meet. Let me know if you want to grab a beer.
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These buildings make me nerd out on the daily, just because they have so much untapped potential. Let's hope they do them justice.
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It will include the historic Barnett Bank, the Laura Street Trio buildings
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Lisa Daniel

The Florida Life Building turns 100 years old in 2011. The Bisbee building will be 103. How old is the Marble Bank Building?

It took 10 years to rebuild Jacksonville after The Great Fire of 1901. Several of our downtown buildings should be turning 100 in the coming year. I think it's time we celebrate them! and re-ignite downtown!
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